North Korea said it was considering plans to fire missiles at Guam, a US-held Pacific island, after President Trump's warning on Tuesday.

"U.S. -North Korean military tensions continued to dominate sentiment, pushing U.S. bond yields down and increasing the price of gold", analysts at VTB Capital said in a note.

Gold enjoyed another strong session as traders sought out safe havens, with the price lifting 0.1% to 1,287.8 USA dollars an ounce.

While the U.K.'s FTSE 100 Index has slumped by 1.5 percent, the German DAX Index is down by 1.1 percent and the French CAC 40 Index is down by 0.8 percent. Chinese mainland shares were also down 1.8 percent.

Tensions between Washington and Pyongyang added to pressure from lower oil prices.

The US Consumer Price Index (CPI) edged up 0.1% last month after staying flat in June and falling by 0.1% in May.

The CBOE Volatility Index, the most widely followed barometer of expected near-term stock market volatility, ended at a session low of 11.11 after rising as high as 12.63.

The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index lost 4.19 points, or 0.18 percent, to 2,364.20 in the first 15 minutes of trading.

Biotechnology, tobacco, and transportation stocks also saw considerable strength, while steel stocks extended a recent move to the downside.

Investors are losing enthusiasm for Canada's banking stocks as a slowdown in the country's housing market dents banks' growth prospects, with insurance companies seen as a better bet to benefit from higher interest rates.

Elsewhere in commodities, the September crude contract was up 39 cents to US$49.56 per barrel, September natural gas advanced six cents at US$2.88 per mmBTU and the September copper contract declined two cents at US$2.93 a pound. Silver also rose, gaining 43 cents, or 2.6 percent, to $16.82 an ounce.

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The Korean won continued to fall versus the dollar, down 0.13 percent to 1,143.5 on Friday for a 1.6 percent decline on the week. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan skidded 1.55 percent, its biggest one-day loss since mid-December.

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